To me it seems like things were always messed up, but the scale and scope of the corruption has gotten worse during my lifetime.
Even the founders had some trully bad ideas among them. The aluen and sedition act comes to mind. I'd say it got really bad gor a while after reconstruction through the depression. Things got better till the early 60s and since then has again been in decline. On Apr 19, 2013 11:02 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A century ago it was more blatant. We've been living in a nice civilized > bubble since the 1950's, without the voting day riots, candidate workers > handing out $2 bills for votes, congress critters openly soliciting bribes > etc. > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As if we needed more proof that the only people Congress represents are > the > > ones lining their pockets. > > > > The question I have is, has it always been this blatant and we are just > > hearing more of it because of the Internet? > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/cklaq9d* > > > * > > > * > > > The broad language of the bill, which imposes its standards above "any > > > other provision of law," would effectively void privacy contracts > between > > > companies and their customers. Specifically it states that > > "Notwithstanding > > > any other provision of law, a self-protected entity may, for > > cybersecurity > > > purposes ... share such cyber threat information with any other entity, > > > including the Federal Government." Companies could not be held > > accountable > > > for violating terms of service agreements or other arrangements in > which > > > they promise not to share customer information with other parties. > > > > > > This is just so wrong; on so many levels... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363043 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
